In the high-stakes world of cross-border finance, one secret meeting in London is attracting renewed 1 banking executives and Bank of England observers met at The Langham, London, to discuss a confidential report highlighting flaws in global payment systems and advocating for programmable settlement 2 banks like Barclays, HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Lloyds Banking Group reportedly discussed using the XRP Ledger to create a global liquidity network, according to a post by Lord Belgrave and shared by X-user 3 to Pumpius, this information is a secret report connecting XRP to HSBC, Barclays, and the Bank of 4 Problems: Why Banks Are Looking for Change The report, as described, focuses on three major pain points in correspondent banking: persistent liquidity locks, heavy messaging overhead, and multi-tier reconciliation delays.
EXPOSED: SECRET REPORT CONNECTING XRP TO HSBC, BARCLAYS & BANK OF ENGLAND REVEALED. A must read, especially if you’re new to #XRP 0 — Pumpius (@pumpius) November 8, 2025 Financial institutions, it says, “lock trillions of dollars in nostro-vostro accounts” simply to keep payments moving smoothly, while the messaging architecture (e. g., via SWIFT) dictates flow, not 5 contrast, landmark experiments by the Bank of England and Ripple showed that the Interledger Protocol enabled two simulated RTGS systems to settle cross-currency payments synchronously, eliminating reconciliation 6 Solution: Finite Finality on Modern Rails According to Pumpius’s post, the confidential report shifts quickly from diagnosis to 7 endorses a distributed ledger architectural design built on near-instant finality, embedded compliance layers, and minimal 8 its core is the XRP Ledger — cited as “at the center of that design.” While public records confirm that the Bank of England’s 2017 FinTech Accelerator ran a proof-of-concept with Ripple Labs 9 ILP-based settlement, they do not confirm the exact banks, meeting venue, or full report 10 Context & Recent Developments The involvement of HSBC and Barclays is plausible: HSBC announced in 2023 its partnership with Metaco, a platform acquired by Ripple, to support its institutional digital-asset custody 11 are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 UK Finance has launched a pilot program for tokenized sterling deposits, partnering with major banks such as Barclays, HSBC, and Lloyds, to test digital pound deposits until 12 initiative aims to modernize payments, reduce fraud, and improve settlement processes, aligning with the UK’s crypto regulation 13 developments suggest a broader strategic alignment between major UK banks, tokenized-money experiments, and rails derived from the XRP 14 We Know, and What Remains Private Verified: The Bank of England has publicly documented a PoC with Ripple exploring synchronized settlement using ILP across RTGS 15 banks have launched pilots for tokenized deposits that enable programmable payments as part of an effort to modernize digital 16 remains private: the exact confidential report described by Pumpius and Lord Belgrave, the meeting details at The Langham, and the final agreements or contractual commitments the report purportedly 17 conclusion, the Pumpius post reignites the long-standing narrative that major banks and central banks are readying a tectonic shift in settlement 18 many pieces align with public disclosures, the specific report and linking of banks to the XRP Ledger remain unconfirmed in the public 19 readers following the evolution of digital ledger adoption, the convergence of PoCs, pilots, and private briefings suggests one thing: the rails for moving value may finally be under redesign.
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